A4500 crash in West Northamptonshire on 13 December 2000 at 21:20 involving a Toyota Celica
Six vehicles, including two Toyota Celicas and a Renault 19, were involved in a crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire at 21:20 on Wednesday 13 December 2000. The 47-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 2000
- Wednesday, 21:20
- Vehicles
- 6
- Toyota Celica and 5 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24206, longitude -0.87576, in the NN1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northampton. The location was in the former Northampton district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200034NN01540
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4500
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 31 January 2005.
Serious
Daihatsu Charade crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 31 January 2005
At the same spotRef 200534NN00492
Slight
Car crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 3 January 1984
At the same spotRef 198434BN00003
Slight
Car crash on the A45 in West Northamptonshire, 28 July 1981
At the same spotRef 198134CN00719
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 30 April 2001
10 m awayRef 200134NN00522
Slight
Car crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 28 August 1986
10 m awayRef 198634BN00833
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A4500 in West Northamptonshire, 18 September 1991
10 m awayRef 199134NN00837
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Celica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,762 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Celica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Renault 19
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,272 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 5: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 6: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Celica)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 200034NN01540 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 2000.